The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.
The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:
He who loves wisdom makes his father glad, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.
A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.
My son, if your heart is wise, my heart too will be glad. My inmost being will exult when your lips speak what is right.
The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him. Let your father and mother be glad; let her who bore you rejoice.
A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother.
He who sires a fool gets himself sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy.
Besides being wise, the Preacher also taught the people knowledge, weighing and studying and arranging many proverbs with great care.
A foolish son is ruin to his father, and a wife's quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.
and who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will be master of all for which I toiled and used my wisdom under the sun. This also is vanity.
These also are proverbs of Solomon which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied.
He also spoke 3,000 proverbs, and his songs were 1,005.
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